Medical Voice AI: 5 Reasons Physicians Embrace It for Better Care

The American Medical Association, National Academy of Medicine and Surgeon General have all declared physician burnout a national crisis in the United States. Here’s how medical speech-to-text technology can help; right now! 

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Technology’s Chief Disruptor

Today, the global economy finds itself in the definitive midst of an artificial intelligence revolution. From OpenAI’s ChatGPT (Microsoft) to DeepMind’s Alpha Code (GoogleLab), there are a host of Generative AI platforms, with an equally vast array of use-cases. From business and consumer applications to customer management systems, automated software engineering, voice ai-based productivity apps, and more—the near future will see us increasingly leverage these technologies to build automated, self-sustaining and robust enterprises, or workflows. So, how will we harness these innovations for an overworked, yet absolutely critical, sector—healthcare? The short answer: Medical Speech Recognition technology.

Comprehensively Enhanced Healthcare Services with Voice-based AI

Global indices show that artificial intelligence in healthcare is growing at a 42.4 % compounded annual rate, which means it will be worth approximately $164.10 billion by 2029! Yet, it is a well-established fact that healthcare providers across the world are victims of burnout. Voice AI applications, like Augnito, are specifically engineered to help these professionals deliver their services at a lower cost, with increased efficiency, and far greater reach. 

However, they may also hold the key to developing an infrastructure that will enable the seamless exchange of medical data across a multitude of stakeholders, via Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). This standardized record-keeping will drastically improve the coordination and continuation of patient care, enable better medical research and data analytics, and even reduce the overall cost of medical care. 

Clinical documentation continues to be an increasingly integral part of the medical profession. It holds tremendous medico-legal significance and forms the backbone for insurance reimbursements. So, by adopting technologies like Medical Speech Recognition and Natural Language Understanding, physicians are able document their observations, laboratory tests, treatments, therapies, drugs administered, and more—with efficiency, accuracy, and most importantly, ease. 

A Streamlined Solution: Medical Speech-to-Text Technology

Here are the top 5 ways in which Augnito believes Medical Voice AI will add value, across the continuum of healthcare, for both providers and patients.

Reduced Documentation Timelines   

It has been established that medical professionals spend the same amount of time on documentation as they do on actual patient encounters. With Voice AI-based speech-to-text applications, rather than typing, or manual scribing, physicians can simply talk or dictate while the software automatically converts their speech to text in real time. 

By recording data and creating clinical documentation in this manner, providers are able to operate at nearly four times the speed, saving over three hours every single day. This process also streamlines their clinical workflows, like entering data into EMR systems, and makes healthcare data securely accessible. 

Easy Integration & Execution 

Speech is the most natural method of communication. Therefore, voice-based software is highly intuitive and requires no training or familiarization processes. Most applications, like Augnito Spectra, don’t even require hardware or infrastructure upgrades, as they are made to be fully interoperable with existing clinical and hospital information systems. Physicians can essentially realize the benefits of the Voice AI technology as soon as they subscribe. 

Existing EMR systems have not been optimized for the enhanced levels of patient care today. They can be tedious to navigate, with a plethora of fields, menus, drop-down boxes and largely underdeveloped interfaces. An intuitive, physician-centric tool like medical speech recognition technology, saves both time and effort on this front as well. 

Mitigation of Physician Burnout 

Apart from the direct benefits of increasing efficiency, productivity and speed mentioned above, Medical Voice AI can also enable clinical reporting on-the-go—via mobile, web and desktop applications. The software’s accuracy results in fewer duplication errors and promotes digital notetaking, which is more effective and interoperable than manual typing. The time saved can be used for a better quality of consult, to see more patients, or even grant providers a better work-life balance. 

Applications such as Augnito offer features like predictive text and formatting, which speed up workflows. They also help reduce human error, saving time that would be spent on proofreading or double-checking documents. This is particularly useful for scenarios such as Urgent Care, which you can read more about, here. 

Reduced Errors & Claim Rejections 

Increased accuracy and the elimination of human error are just a few of the many benefits of Voice AI. It also ensures a high level of data integrity, which benefits processes such as analytics, audits, and insurance claims.  

Specialized programming options that come with solutions like Augnito cater to a wide spectrum of medical specialties and also ensures that healthcare providers can create error-free, pre-formatted, extremely detailed notes. Industry averages indicate that approximately 20% of all claims are rejected. The most common causes for this are duplication errors, filing claims outside the established time frames, and incomplete credentials—all of which can be streamlined and mitigated by the use of Medical Voice AI services.  

Improved Patient Outcomes 

Healthcare providers are able to provide more attentive and effective care with the time saved by implementing Medical Speech Recognition technology. Along with improved quality of consults and better data collection and processing services, patient history and information is also becoming easier to share across clinics and institutions. This enables providers to access data much faster, identify patterns and recommend optimal interventions.  

Furthermore, patients do not have to make multiple visits to the hospital or clinic, increasing their satisfaction with the service as well. They are therefore more likely to return to the same healthcare provider for future treatments. 

Medical Voice AI Is The Answer To A Lot of Healthcare’s Most Pressing Concerns

In conclusion, the integration of voice-based medical dictation software, such as Voice AI, holds immense potential for transforming medical documentation processes and addressing the challenges faced by healthcare providers. By adopting this innovative technology, physicians can significantly reduce documentation timelines, enhance efficiency, mitigate burnout, and improve patient outcomes.

With Medical Voice AI solutions like Augnito, the healthcare industry is able to support it’s three biggest imperatives at once: better patient outcomes, less provider burnout, and increased revenue. As innovation in this space continues at an unprecedented rate, Augnito continues to lead the charge for the healthcare industry. Learn more about it’s latest developments in Ambient technology, here.

So, are you ready to embrace Medical Voice AI and witness its transformative impact on clinical documentation and workflows?

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